Who was Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier, William I’s third wife?

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Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key. He wears a dark embroidered coat, a white ruff collar, and a black cap, with a trimmed beard and mustache. — William I Portrait of William I, oil on panel by Adriaen Thomaszoon Key, c. 1579; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier was the third wife of William I, Prince of Orange, whom he married on June 12, 1575. She was a former abbess who had converted to the Reformed Church.1